Chinese Proverbs

Chinese Proverb: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is today.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
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A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
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If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
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Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
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If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
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A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
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The old are the precious gem in the center of the household.
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A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster.  One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
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If you bow at all, bow low.
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If you're poor, change and you'll succeed.
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Do not employ handsome servants.
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
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Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
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The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
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When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
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Reading ten thousands of books is not as useful as travelling ten thousand miles.
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Riding a mule while looking for a horse.
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If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason.
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Consider the past and you shall know the future.
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No one knows a son better than the father.
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A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
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Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
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When you drink the water, remember the spring.
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He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
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Water not only makes the boat float, it can also sink it.
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A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
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Know yourself and know your enemy, a hundred battles and you won't be drained.
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.
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Wealth does not pass three generations.
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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
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Never write a letter while you are angry.
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The old horse in the stable still yearns to run 1000 miles.
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A tiger father has no canine sons.
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He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
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Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
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You must persevere to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks.
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
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Luck will change in ten years.
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A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.
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A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
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If one does not plow, there will be no harvest.
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Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
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Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
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Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.
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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
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Every child born, has innate goodness.
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Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
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A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
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I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
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Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it.
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The palest ink is better than the best memory.
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A book holds a house of gold.
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Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
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Dig the well before you are thirsty.
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A nation's treasure is in its scholars.
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You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair
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